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ill-advised en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Carried out without the benefit of wise counsel or careful deliberation, or carried out with unwise counsel.
   • Ashley Young's ill-advised attempt to dribble out of danger ended in a corner and when Steven Gerrard's delivery was headed goalwards by Daniel Agger, Sturridge deflected it home from virtually on the line. 2013, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
2. (informal) Acting unwisely.
   • You are ill-advised to boast of that foul deed. 1971, Gabriel Kingsley Osei, Shaka the Great: King of the Zulus, page 42:

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Deriveds

ill-advisedly

Translations (17)

grc ἄβουλος (carried out without wise counsel) · es aconsejado malamente (acting unwisely) · de unklug (carried out without wise counsel) · fi ajattelematon (carried out without wise counsel) · cmn 欠考慮的 (carried out without wise counsel) · es mal aconsejado (acting unwisely) · pl nierozważny (carried out without wise counsel) · el ασύνετος (carried out without wise counsel) · cmn 失策的 (carried out without wise counsel) · la inconsultus (carried out without wise counsel) · bg необмислен (carried out without wise counsel) · es desaconsejado (carried out without wise counsel) · bg прибързан (carried out without wise counsel) · pl nieroztropny (carried out without wise counsel) · cmn 欠考虑的 (carried out without wise counsel) · pon kaweidsuwed (carried out without wise counsel) · pl nierozsądny (carried out without wise counsel)